Everything But Water
Forty years ago, Caroline and Roland Freese opened “Altona Paris,” a boutique specializing in sophisticated casual women’s clothing at 8 rue de l’Odeon in the sixth arrondissement. Combining Roland’s interior design and clothing display skills with her own experience as a designer and a fashion journalist, Caroline introduces to a select audience her ideas for understated, chic clothing suitable for a weekend in the country as well as life in the city. Working as a talented team, Caroline and Roland made Altona an immediate hit with the fashion media and the smart set in Paris. Caroline’s unique designs were featured on the cover of leading French fashion magazines. The boutique grew to several adjacent stores in Paris, including a men’s casual clothing store.
Amina Rubinacci is the founder of the “Maison” established in Naples in the 1970’s. It has become one the most important Italian fashion houses.
Paris defines Amina Rubinacci “The queen of wool”, from Christian Dior to Saint Laurent. All of the most important French stylists recognize her elegance and ease of wear of the woolen garments Amina Rubinacci produces.
The main characteriscs of her fashion house are the continuous research of chromatic solutions, high focus on the realization of the models and patterns and finally a systematic control of the work process.
With the cooperation now of her children the company has enriched the Amina Rubinacci brand offer. Today the total look of the company goes from the production of woolen garments to textile materials and leather clothing.
